2007 Football Roster

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CAREER:
Appeared in all 41
games in his career, with 33 career starts at free safety...Collected 165
tackles in his career, eight interceptions, ten pass breakups, four forced
fumbles and one fumble recovery.

2009: Appeared in all 14 games, making
12 starts at safety...Totaled 32 tackles, including 28 solo, three
interceptions and two pass breakups...Recorded four solo tackles and broke up
one pass in the Sugar Bowl win against Cincinnati...Tied for third among
teammates after collecting eight tackles (seven solo) in the SEC Championship
versus Alabama...Had two solo tackles and a pass break up versus FIU...Finished
in a tie for fourth on the team with four tackles (three solo) in the SEC road
win over South Carolina...Notched his team-leading third interception of the
season in the fourth quarter at the Gators’ own two-yard line against
Mississippi State...Recorded a season-high four tackles against
Arkansas...Intercepted his second pass of the season and returned it 33 yards
to set up a Florida touchdown at Kentucky...Collected the only turnover of the
game against Charleston Southern, intercepting a 35-yard pass in the second
quarter for his sixth career pick.

2008: Started all 14 contests at free
safety for the Gators and was third on the team with 66 total tackles and tied
for second on the team with four interceptions...Earned honorable mention
All-Sophomore recognition from College Football News...Had seven games on the
season in which he recorded five-or-more tackles...Collected nine tackles in
the BCS National Championship Game against Oklahoma...Also picked off a pass at
the goal line to prevent Oklahoma from scoring at the end of the first
half...Recorded four tackles in the SEC Championship Game versus
Alabama...Notched five tackles and his third interception of the season at
Florida State...Returned a blocked field goal 37 yards to set up a Florida
touchdown in the win over Kentucky...Had seven tackles and broke up one pass
against No. 4 LSU...Had a game-high and tied his career-high with 11 tackles at
Arkansas...Collected eight tackles against Tennessee in Knoxville...A member of
the 2008 UF Football Leadership Committee.

2007: Selected to the SEC Freshman
Academic Honor Roll...Outstanding true freshman who appeared in all 13 games at
free safety and on special teams...Started seven games (Auburn, LSU, Georgia,
South Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida State and Michigan)...Named to the
Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC and as a Second-Team Freshman All-American by
Rivals.com...Also garnered First-Team All-American honors from CollegeFootballNews.com
and the Sporting News’ Freshman All-American Honorable Mention... Ranked
third on the team and first among freshmen in total tackles with 67, 47 solo
and 20 assisted...The 67 tackles ranked 42nd overall in the league and the
fifth-most by any freshman in the SEC...His 47 solo tackles were the
second-highest total of freshmen in the SEC...Became one of only nine players
with an interception after making a pick in the Capital One Bowl versus
Michigan...Led the team and tied for first in the SEC in forced fumbles with
four on the season, including one in back-to-back games versus Ole Miss and
Auburn...No other SEC freshman was in the top 10 in that category...Tied for
14th in the nation in forced fumbles and tallied more than any other freshman
in the country...The four forced fumbles were the most by a Florida player
since Guss Scott had five in 2003 and the most by any Florida freshman since
the statistic began being kept in 1982...Had one fumble recovery versus
Michigan and collected two pass breakups on the season...Was one of 12 freshmen
who made their debut in the season opener versus Western Kentucky...Registered
three solo tackles and an assisted tackle in his debut...Had seven total
tackles in his first career start versus Auburn...Set a season-high with 11
tackles versus LSU... Played the Kentucky game with a cast on his hand due to
a broken thumb.

PREP: A hard-hitting safety ranked
second in his position and sixth among Florida’s Top-100 prospects according to
Rivals.com...Rated 90th on the ESPN150 list of top prospects...Helped lead St.
Thomas to the state title game in 2006...Started for the East in the U.S. Army
All-American game and was nominated for the National U.S. Army Player of the
Year Award...Started at safety for St. Thomas for three years...First-team
all-county and all-state selection during both his junior and senior
seasons...Completed his senior season with 72 tackles, three interceptions,
four tackles for a loss and two blocked kicks...During his junior year, he collected
58 tackles, six interceptions, three blocked punts and 10 tackles for a
loss...Chose Florida over Ohio State, Notre Dame and Miami (Fla.)...High school
coach was George Smith.

PERSONAL:
Born July 1,
1988...Mother is Andrea Eluett.

CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year
UT-AT TT
TBL QBS
FF
FR PD
INT

2007
47-20 67
0
0
4 1
2 1

2008
36-30 66
0
0
0 0
6 4

2009
28-4 32
0
0
0
0
2 3

Totals: 111-54
165 0
0
4
1 10
8

WRIGHT’S CAREER HIGHS

Tackles: 11 (2x, last at Arkansas,
2008)

QB Sacks: None

Forced Fumbles: 1 (3x, last at South Carolina, 2007)

Interceptions: 1 (8x, last at MississippiState,
2009)

2009

I----TACKLES----I

I-SACKS-I

I--FUMBLE--I

I---PASS DEFENSE---I

Date

Opponent

Solo

Ast

Total

TFL-Yds

No-Yds

FF

FR-Yds

Int-Yds

QBH

Brk

September
5, 2009

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN

0

0

0

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

1-0

0

0

September
12, 2009

TROY

1

0

1

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

September
19, 2009

TENNESSEE

2

0

2

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

September
26, 2009

at Kentucky

1

0

1

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

1-33

0

0

October
10, 2009

at LSU

0

1

1

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

October
17, 2009

ARKANSAS

4

0

4

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

October
24, 2009

at MississippiState

0

0

0

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

1-1

0

0

October
31, 2009

vs Georgia

0

1

1

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

November
7, 2009

VANDERBILT

2

0

2

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

November
14, 2009

at South Carolina

3

1

4

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

November
21, 2009

FIU

2

0

2

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

November
28, 2009

FLORIDASTATE

2

0

2

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

December
5, 2009

vs Alabama

7

1

8

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

January
1, 2010

vs Cincinnati

4

0

4

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

Totals

28

4

32

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

3-34

0

2

2008

I-----TACKLES-----I

I-SACKS-I

I--FUMBLE--I

I---PASS
DEFENSE---I

Date

Opponent

Solo

Ast

Total

TFL-Yds

No-Yds

FF

FR-Yds

Int-Yds

QBH

Brk

Pts

August 30, 2008

HAWAII

0

3

3

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

1-32

0

0

6

September 6, 2008

MIAMI

2

0

2

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

September 20, 2008

at Tennessee

2

6

8

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

September 27, 2008

OLE MISS

1

2

3

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

1-5

0

0

0

October 4, 2008

at Arkansas

6

5

11

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

October 11, 2008

LSU

5

2

7

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

October 25, 2008

UK

1

0

1

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

November 1, 2008

vs UGA

4

1

5

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

November 8, 2008

at Vanderbilt

3

3

6

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

November 15, 2008

USC

0

0

0

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

November 22, 2008

THE CITADEL

1

1

2

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

November 29, 2008

at Florida State

4

1

5

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

1-2

0

0

0

December 6, 2008

vs Alabama

2

2

4

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

January 8, 2009

vs Oklahoma

5

4

9

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

1-0

0

1

0

Totals

36

30

66

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

4-39

0

6

6

2007

I-----TACKLES-----I

I-SACKS-I

I--FUMBLE--I

I---PASS DEFENSE---I

Date

Opponent

Solo

Ast

Total

TFL-Yds

No-Yds

FF

FR-Yds

Int-Yds

QBH

Brk

September 1, 2007

WKU

3

1

4

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

September 8, 2007

TROY

1

3

4

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

September 15, 2007

UT

2

4

6

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

September 22, 2007

at Ole Miss

3

1

4

0.0-0

0.0-0

1

0-0

0-0

0

0

September 29, 2007

AUBURN

6

1

7

0.0-0

0.0-0

1

0-0

0-0

0

0

October 6, 2007

at LSU

9

2

11

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

October 20, 2007

at Kentucky

1

2

3

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

October 27, 2007

vs UGA

1

0

1

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

November 3, 2007

VANDERBILT

1

0

1

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

November 10, 2007

at South Carolina

5

0

5

0.0-0

0.0-0

1

0-0

0-0

0

0

November 17, 2007

FLORIDA ATLANTIC

3

0

3

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

0

November 24, 2007

FLORIDA STATE

6

3

9

0.0-0

0.0-0

0

0-0

0-0

0

1

January 1, 2008

vs Michigan

6

3

9

0.0-0

0.0-0

1

1-0

1-0

0

0

Totals

47

20

67

0.0-0

0.0-0

4

1-0

1-0

0

2

PROFILE

·Gave his 2009 FedEx
BCS National Championship ring to his mom for Mother’s Day

·If he could choose one
food to eat for an entire week, would choose meat lovers pizza

·Good friends with
Miami receiver Leonard Hankerson- the two carpooled to school at St. Thomas
Aquinas high school in Ft. Lauderdale

·A member of the 2008
UF Football Leadership Committee

·Grew up idolizing
safety SeanTaylor

·Can do a front flip-
did so at the 2008 Gator Charity Challenge

·The fraternal “little
brother” of Gator Dorian Munroe. Munroe took the black stripe off of his helmet
during Fall 2007

·Has been compared to
former Gator All-American safety Lawrence Wright

·Former member of the
National Football Foundation “Play it Smart” program

What
they’re saying about Major Wright:

“That was huge. That was a big play that turned the whole
game around. Joe did a great job in breaking the pass up and we batted it
around like volleyball, and Major came up with probably one of the biggest
plays of the year for us.” (1/9/09)

Vance Bedford, UF Cornerbacks Coach on Wright’s INT versus
Oklahoma

“I get hit
by Major Wright in practice all the time. He doesn’t try to. He just blows up
the receiver and I’ll be in the way. He tried to hit Chris Rainey one time and
he knocked my helmet off because I got there a second before him. I just laid
out for a second, thinking, ‘If he hits everyone else like this, I don’t know
how they keep getting up.’” (9/15/08)

Joe
Haden, UF cornerback

“Sometimes you can’t go for the kill shot. You gotta know
when to do it and when to hold back. First thing I want is the ball, but if I
don’t and I’ve got the kill shot, I’m going for it … but now the first thing
I’m looking for is the ball.” (8/12/08)

Major Wright

“He’s got
a little bit of the Tebow effect on the defense. He’s an extremely high
character guy that football means the world to him. He’s always where he’s
supposed to be academically. If you get yourself a whole bunch of Major
Wrights, you’re playing excellent defense.” (10/15/07)

Urban
Meyer, UF Head Coach

“Having
Major back there is important because we talk a lot. He was telling me to go
ahead and make some plays, told me he had my back and if somebody got by me,
don’t worry, he had me over the top. When you’ve got Major Wright back there
and you see how hard he hits, you play with a lot of confidence because you
know he’ll cover for you.” (10/3/07)

Joe
Haden, UF Cornerback

"Their
defense is fast, stingy and plays extremely well. They have a number of guys,
but one that

stands out
to me is their freshman safety, No. 21. He played really well against Auburn.”
(10/3/07)

Les
Miles, LSU Head Coach

“He’s a
bright-eyed, intense young man. A guy like that captures everything you’re
saying. He takes and retains coaching. All that means your learning curve moves
a little faster, so given those variables, he’s going to be a guy who will
develop here and play a role.”

Doc
Holliday, UF safeties coach

“[Wright]
could eventually join (Joe Haden) as a true freshman starter in the Gators
defensive backfield, although he will be a backup for the first few games. Word
out of Gainesville is that Wright could have more immediate upside than Reggie
Nelson.” (8/30/07)

Mike
Farrell, The Sporting News

"He
is as good a kid as you are going to get. He loves to practice and study
at team meetings and he also does a good job in the classroom. He is
going to be a special player for us for some time to come. He is learning and
has an awful lot still to learn, but he is a super guy. I am really
excited about his future.”